Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> Essex score at 130 overs in the first innings was 401-7
--> RS Bopara (1) passed 1000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> A Flower (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 41
--> RC Irani (1) passed 10000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 20
--> Danish Kaneria (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in County Championship matches
--> ML Love (1) passed 14000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 11
--> BM Shafayat (2) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 52
--> U Afzaal (2) passed 8500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 39
--> MS Panesar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed JD Middlebrook in the Essex first innings (previous best was 5-77)
--> MS Panesar achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed RC Irani in the Essex first innings (previous best was 4-11)
--> MS Panesar achieved his first five wickets in an innings in County Championship matches in the Essex first innings--> AN Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches when he dismissed U Afzaal in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 0-11)
--> AN Cook achieved his best innings bowling analysis in County Championship matches when he dismissed U Afzaal in the Northamptonshire second innings (previous best was 0-11)